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"Overlooked obits." The New York Times has begun adding obituaries for people "who left indelible marks but were nonetheless overlooked," beginning with 15 remarkable women, including Ida B. Wells, Sylvia Plath, Qiu Jin and Nella Larsen.

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Embiggen, a word coined for The Simpsons, TV series, has officially landed in the Merriam-Webster's online dictionary, Mental Floss reported.